The demonstration by scintigraphy of fractures in osteomalacia
| Autor: | J. E. Lutkin, J. D. Macfarlane, R. J. Burwood |
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| Rok vydání: | 1977 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty Bone disease Shoulders Scintigraphy Fractures Bone Medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Metabolic disease Radionuclide Imaging Barium enema Osteomalacia medicine.diagnostic_test Groin business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Celiac Disease medicine.anatomical_structure Bone scintigraphy Scintillation Counting Female Radiology business |
| Zdroj: | The British journal of radiology. 50(593) |
| ISSN: | 0007-1285 |
| Popis: | Scintigraphy is an adjunct to radiology in the investigation of bone disease. It is of value in the diagnosis of neoplastic and inflammatory conditions and in the evaluation of radio- and chemotherapy. Its use in metabolic disease has been less well documented. A patient with osteomalacia secondary to gluten sensitivity, in whom pseudofractures (Looser zones) were identified by bone scintigraphy, is reported. A female, aged 56, gave a history of many years of joint pains and a period of diarrhoea 18 months prior to admission. A barium enema was reported to be normal. She was admitted for investigation of right groin pain following a trivial leg injury and volunteered a recent story of pale offensive stools and pains in both arms and shoulders. There was no history of trauma and no relevant past or family ailments. On examination she was thin (height 165 cm, weight 44 kg) and looked pale. There was tenderness in the right groin during examination of the hip but no other abnormalities were observed. Investi... |
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